TABLE OF CONTENTS. 



PAGE 



Letter of Transmittal 3 



Organization of the Station 6 



Eeport of the Treasurer 7 



Eeport of the Director 9 



Eeports of the Station still available 16 



Acknowledgments ■ 19 



New Fittings of the Cow Stable 22 



Analysis of Feeding Stuffs 28 



Profitable amount of Seed Corn per acre ■ 30 



Sunflowers and English Horse Beans as Silage Crops 32 



Tests of Separators 35 



Feeding experiments with Milch Cows 37 



Effects of Tuberculin on Tuberculous Cows 56 



Orchard Notes 64 



Notes on Winter Gardening '• • 84 



Notes on Plants 109 



Notes on the Insects of the Year 117 



A New Garden Smynthurid 124 



Dietary Studies at the Maine State College 128 



Meteorological Summary ■ , 127 



Bulletins Issued in 1896 : 



No. 23, Preservation of Cream for Market 141 



No. 24, Cabbages 145 



No. 25, Inspection of Fertilizers, 1896 150 



No. 26, Inspection of Creamery Glassware 150 



No. 27, Peas, Sweet Corn 154 



No. 28, Potato Eot, — Fungicides 158 



